Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.71.7
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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vṛka - udaraḥ
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wolf-bellied — Bhīma
Bhīma's epithet — vṛkodara, with a wolf's appetite. The name is invoked precisely where his wolf-strength is the instrument; Kṛṣṇa picks the name and the man fit for the throat of Jarāsandha.
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sannidhau
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in Your presence
Sannidhi — the doctrine that wherever the Lord stands, His potency acts. Bhīma kills, but the locative tava sannidhau makes the killing Kṛṣṇa's. The same principle frames Arjuna's victories in the Gītā.
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brahma - veṣa - dharaḥ
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wearing brāhmaṇa-dress
Strategic disguise within dharma — not deception, but use of one vidhi (brahmaṇya) to dismantle another's pseudo-dharma. Gauḍīya ācāryas read this as Kṛṣṇa's art of bending appearance to truth, not truth to appearance.
The idea is that Bhīma should beg as charity a one-to-one fight with Jarāsandha.
"You should beg him for single combat." "But what should I do if he wins?" "It should be in your presence. And except for your presence, even in single combat with Bhima he cannot be killed."
Therefore Bhīma, with a thin waist, should dress up as brāhmaṇa. He is strong, being similar to the strong lion with a thin waist. Not only will he defeat him, but he will kill him.
Bhīma, having a thin waist, is very strong, just as a lion with a thin waist is strong. Also he will fight in the presence of the Lord, which will give him the Lord’s strength.
Therefore Bhīma, with a thin waist, should dress up as brāhmaṇa. He is strong, being similar to the strong lion with a thin waist. Not only will he defeat him, but he will kill him.
Bhīma walking up to Jarāsandha in brāhmaṇa-dress is like a sword wrapped in silk delivered as a gift — accepted under the rules of hospitality, drawn under the rules of war.
In Sabhā-parva of the Mahābhārata, Kṛṣṇa, Arjuna and Bhīma arrive at Girivraja in brāhmaṇa attire on the auspicious chāturmāsya day. Jarāsandha receives them; Kṛṣṇa reveals their identity; Bhīma is chosen for the duel.
The duel lasts twenty-seven days; on Kṛṣṇa's silent cue, Bhīma splits a blade of grass lengthwise — the demon's body, born of two halves and joined by Jarā, separates along the same line and cannot rejoin. The verse here is the seed of that whole episode.
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Source: vedabase.io